diff --git a/frontend/templates/forest/task_log.html b/frontend/templates/forest/task_log.html
index 594820392..d29288419 100644
--- a/frontend/templates/forest/task_log.html
+++ b/frontend/templates/forest/task_log.html
@@ -115,19 +115,28 @@ <h4 class="modal-title">Forest Task Details</h4>
             <div class="panel panel-default">
               <div class="panel-heading">Task Metadata</div>
               <div class="panel-body">
+                
                 <dl style="margin-bottom: 0;">
-                  <dt>Patient ID</dt>
-                  <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.patient_id }}{% endraw %}</dd>
-                  <dt>Tree</dt>
-                  <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.forest_tree_display }}{% endraw %}</dd>
-                  <dt>Data Date Start</dt>
-                  <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.data_date_start }}{% endraw %}</dd>
-                  <dt>Data Date End</dt>
-                  <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.data_date_end }}{% endraw %}</dd>
-                  <dt>Status</dt>
-                  <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.status }}{% endraw %}</dd>
-                  <dt>Created On</dt>
-                  <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.created_on_display }}{% endraw %}</dd>
+                  <div class="col-xs-6">
+                    <dt>Patient ID</dt>
+                    <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.patient_id }}{% endraw %}</dd>
+                    <dt>Tree</dt>
+                    <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.forest_tree_display }}{% endraw %}</dd>
+                    <dt>Task ID</dt>
+                    <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.external_id }}{% endraw %}</dd>
+                    <dt>Forest Commit</dt>
+                    <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.forest_commit }}{% endraw %}</dd>
+                  </div>
+                  <div class="col-xs-6"></div>
+                    <dt>Data Date Start</dt>
+                    <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.data_date_start }}{% endraw %}</dd>
+                    <dt>Data Date End</dt>
+                    <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.data_date_end }}{% endraw %}</dd>
+                    <dt>Status</dt>
+                    <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.status }}{% endraw %}</dd>
+                    <dt>Created On</dt>
+                    <dd>{% raw %}{{ modalLog.created_on_display }}{% endraw %}</dd>
+                  </div>
                 </dl>
               </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/pages/forest_pages.py b/pages/forest_pages.py
index 0f6ecbb4a..7c8af4d9a 100644
--- a/pages/forest_pages.py
+++ b/pages/forest_pages.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import csv
 import pickle
 from collections import defaultdict
-from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import date, datetime
 
 import orjson
 from django.contrib import messages
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
     "participant__patient_id",  # -> patient_id
     "pickled_parameters",
     "forest_tree",  # -> forest_tree_display as .title()
-    "output_zip_s3_path", # need to identify that it is present at all
+    "forest_commit",
+    "output_zip_s3_path",  # need to identify that it is present at all
     # datetimes
     "process_end_time",  # -> dev time format
     "process_start_time",  # -> dev time format
@@ -169,7 +170,12 @@ def task_log(request: ResearcherRequest, study_id=None):
     tasks = []
     
     for task_dict in query:
-        extern_id = task_dict.pop("external_id")
+        extern_id = task_dict["external_id"]
+        
+        # the commit is populated when the task runs, not when it is queued.
+        task_dict["forest_commit"] = task_dict["forest_commit"] if task_dict["forest_commit"] else \
+            "(exact commit missing)"
+        
         # renames (could be optimized in the query, but speedup is negligible)
         task_dict["patient_id"] = task_dict.pop("participant__patient_id")